Hey Everybody!
This week is transfers and I'm not leaving! Elder Ostergaard is getting transferred up to Houghton! My new companion is going to be Elder Levacy-Sabin, who served with Elder Cranney up in Houghton a little while back, so that's going to be exciting! Elder Ostergaard is really sad about leaving. Saturday, when we found out who was being transferred, he told me over and over again that he was leaving. I think he's still in denial a little bit. Transfers are always a sad thing, because we grow so attached to the area, the members, and our companions. Elder Ostergaard has set a great example to me of how to really love the people. I just hope that I can exemplify that as well as he did.
One of our investigators dropped us, which is always very sad, but one of the members here has a friend that sounds like he's totally prepared to accept the gospel! We'v been really focusing on working with less-active members to find people to teach, and the branch council is totally behind us! The Adversary has been really trying hard to break this branch apart lately. There has been so much opposition. It's really interesting to note that Satan has only two options when he tries to break something apart: he will either break it up and get his way, or the people draw closer to God and become stronger than they were. Only two options. The key is that we have to ALWAYS be turning to God, not only through our trials, but before they happen. That way we will be able to withstand anything that the adversary throws at us. There's a saying that a lot of people repeat that says that God will never give us anything that we can't handle. That's not true. God gives us things that we can't handle with the hope that we will turn to Him. We need a constant connection with our Father. One thing that we need to remember through our trials is that the amount of potential we have for greatness is directly proportional to how difficult the trials are. If we stay strong, then we will become the people that the Lord knows we can become.
The Church is true. The Gospel of Jesus Christ not only makes spiritual sense, but it also makes logical sense. Don't believe me? Find our for yourself. Read from the Book of Mormon, the most correct of any book on earth. Pray to Heavenly Father and ask Him. He is always waiting for us to come to Him. He loves you and knows you by name. You are everything to Him.
I love you!
--Elder T. Riggs
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